PRE Newsletter
October 7, 2022
Important Dates
October 10 Wear Red/Chiefs
October 10-14 Toy Drive for Sunflower House (see details below)
October 11 Spirit Day--Wear tie-dye or bright colors
October 18 Spirit Day--Wear favorite team jersey/shirt, Community Service Event @ 4:00 PM
October 19 Skate Party @ 6:00 PM
October 20 End of 1st Quarter
October 21 No School
October 24 No School
October 25 Spirit Day--wear camo
October 27 Picture Re-takes
October 28 Grade Cards Posted to Skyward
October 31 Fall Parade @ 2:45 and Parties to Follow
LAP-A-THON THANK YOU
We want to send a heartfelt thank you to all of our Prairie Ridge family and friends. We are proud to announce that this year's Lap-A-Thon fundraiser has earned a record $33,247. We truly appreciate your support!
Our PTO Board has already awarded our teachers $10,000 in grants to help improve student learning. In addition to our normal yearly expenditures (school field trips, teacher appreciation, school supplies, etc.) we also will be allocating funds to create an outdoor learning area for our students.
LAP-A-THON PRIZES
Our Lap-A-Thon Prize Incentive Winners are:
The class that raised the most money for Lap-A-Thon will win a Glow Party! 🎉 Mrs. Mendez’s class is the winner! Date TBD.
The class from each grade with the most pledge requests wins extra recess.
Kindergarten: Robertson
1st Grade: Mendez
2nd Grade: Dolan
3rd Grade: Mulder
4th Grade: Sudac
5th Grade: Vest
Every student who raised $200 or more in donations will get to wear PJs for one day! 🎉 41 students have earned PJ Day! Certificates will be sent home.
Every student who sent out 5 or more pledge requests get a No Homework Pass. 🎉 118 students will be awarded a No Homework Pass! Certificates will be sent home.
Every student who created a Pledge Star account will get a Blow Pop. 🎉 We have handed out 317 Blow Pops!
Fall Parties
Fall parties are scheduled for Monday, October 31. The parade will begin at 2:45 with the party following. We have an outside parade route so that families can come and watch.
You can help us to keep our fall celebration days safely on track by following these easy guidelines!
First, please remember that although students are invited to wear costumes to the fall parties, those costumes should be designed to be entertaining, not actually scary for our littlest cougars and bigger cougars (and Mrs. Fulcher). No blood, no guts, no gore, no weapons and no violence, please.
All students need to bring costumes to school in their backpacks or bag marked with their name. Time will be given for students to change before the parade.
Please save some excitement for evening trick-or-treating by leaving hair and face paint at home with extra costume parts like swords and daggers. Masks are fine as long as kids can see well enough to walk safely during the parade which will start at 2:45 P.M.
Classroom parties are from 3:00-3:30 in the classrooms. Thank you to our many parent volunteers who help to make this event happen! Volunteers may go to the classrooms beginning at 2:15. We will be maintaining our normal daily schedule until then, so disruptions to the classroom will be kept at a minimum with your help. Thank you!
As safety is always important, please remember that the parties are intended for Prairie Ridge Elementary students of attendance only. We do not have babysitting services during parties, so please make other arrangements for siblings if you intend to attend. All ages would be more than welcome to join us for the parade, but please do not plan to take younger or older (non-PRE students) children down to the classrooms.
All visitors must enter through the front doors and sign-in and out...even on party days! Thank you!
Community Service
PRE Community Service - Help the Kiddos at Sunflower House! We will have another student led service activity by Addi Fulps and Ryleigh Bonewitz. The toy drive will be October 10-14. We will have boxes available in the office, and this will be a friendly competition between the grades for PJ day & extra recess.
Students can sign up to participate after school from 3:45-4:45pm. Please note our younger students (K and 1st) will need to be accompanied by an adult in order to participate. All students will need to be signed out by an adult at the end of the activity. Each event will start with a brief introduction to the organization we are serving and a little bit about how our work will make an impact. We hope students are able to draw the connection to the "why" we serve while we participate in the hands on activity.
Our next event will be TUESDAY October 18th from 3:45-4:45 PM supporting Harvesters!
SIGN UP BELOW and Indicate: Student’s Name – grade & teacher
We kindly ask that if you have already participated in a community service event to please wait to sign-up so that others have the opportunity to participate. Thank you!
Students will sort donated items and make cards for Sunflower house. For more information about this organization visit: https://sunflowerhouse.org/
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BABA823A7FC1-prepto4
Want an easy way to donate? Check out our Amazon wish list for the Sunflower House!
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3RBQ3SA7M2U35?ref_=wl_shareHalloween PE Stations
We will be doing special Halloween rotations in P.E. the week leading up to October 31st! I would LOVE to have some extra parent helpers run the stations! If you are unable to come but still want to join in on the fun, I would greatly appreciate any donation! Please see the schedule and donation items needed below and sign up if you're available to come to school and help out! Thank you SO much! I am so excited to start new P.E. traditions at PRE!
Golden Spoon Winners
K-Robertson
1-Mendez
2-Vaughan
3-Margheim
4-Shaffer
5-Maybell
Double Diamond
The Double Diamond Award is given out every Friday to two classes (one K-2 and one 3-5) that have exemplified specific expectations during their specials classes. Specials teachers have explained what students need to do in order to earn this award.
•Listen AND follow teacher directions
•Only talking during appropriate times
•Use an inside voice when working
•Show RESPECT to everyone and to property
•Enter and Exit the classroom appropriately
•Give YOUR personal best effort during class
Mrs. Goetsch's kindergarten class and Mrs. Margheim's 3rd grade class won the Double Diamond Award this week. Congratulations!!!
The Cleanest Classroom Award
The cleanest classroom award goes to Mrs. Smith's class and Ms. Vest's class. Congratulations!
Students of the Week
Wyatt Savageau Reagan Stohs Spencer Pellman Vincent Prezioso Sammie Powers Graham Demke Walter Hochard Graham Rodriguez Dominick Aligo Colton Taylor Noah Coleman Barrett Zerbe Arianna Muttai Ben Stewart Connor Cook Nolan Bittner Sophie Ackerman Avery Zittergruen Rylan Custer Maddox Reynolds Bryson Gray Olivia Hereth Armando Davis Autumn Mills
NOW TAKING RESERVATIONS FOR LUNCH SEATING AT SCHOOL!
Please, keep in mind the following important points:
- Lunch periods are 27 minutes long and we have to stay on schedule to fit everyone in close to a normal "lunch time."
- Parents may be joined at their reserved table by their child only. It can create negative competition with hurt feelings when we allow for others to join.
- Parents may bring in outside food for their dining party only. Food and/or drink must be consumed during the lunch period and not sent back to class with the student.
- Confidentiality is important to us, so kindly refrain from sharing stories later if you happen to notice that another child is having behavioral or learning challenges. We've got people for that! Feel absolutely free to seek assistance from our on-duty staff if you notice that someone else needs help!
How do I sign up? Click this link to let us know when you are coming! Closer to your date, please call the office to reserve a school lunch if you're not bringing your own. The cost of an adult lunch is $4.35, which needs to be paid (with exact change, please) on the date you will eat with us.
2022-23 Lunch Times
10:50--K
11:50--1st
11:20--2nd
12:20--3rd
12:50--4th
1:20--5th
If you like LOTS of happy noise all at once and don't mind the possibility of wearing syrup and ketchup on your body when you leave...feel free to join us!